Director - José Manuel Ferrari Careto


/ Updated on 22.01.2008

José Manuel Ferrari Careto - Director

Name: José Manuel Ferrari Careto

Nationality: Portuguese

Date of Birth: 22 July 1962

Academic Qualifications

1985 - Universidade Nova de Lisboa: Economics Degree
1992 - AESE - Escola de Direcção de Negócios: Corporate Management
1996 - Universidade Católica Portuguesa: Advanced Finance for Executives
2005 - INSEAD EDP Top Management Programme
2005 - Oxford University: The Oxford Programme on Negotiation

Professional Experience

  • October 1986 - October 1989: CTT - Correios de Portugal (Portuguese Post Office)
    Responsible for forecasting models. Head of Research and Forecasting Division
  • October 1989 - December 1996: ICP - Instituto das Comunicações de Portugal
    Research and Planning Manager.

  • January 1997 - January 1998: MAXITEL
    Institutional Relations Manager. Executive Director of Maxistar and member of the executive commission responsible for obtaining the license for Optimus.

  • January 1998 - August 2000: SONAE Group
    Client manager and Regulation Manager of Optimus. Executive Director of SONAE Data Network, Novis Telecomunicações and of IP Global.

  • August 2000 - May 2003: ONI Group
    Director of Oni Way. Coordinator of Terrestrial Digital Television Project. Director of Oni Multimédia and of Oni Plataformas.

  • May 2003 - June  2006: EDP
    Manager of Gas Business Integration project. Member of EDP’s gas committee. Director of Portgás, Setgás, NQF PTE SGPS, SA., NQF Energia SGPS, SA, and of NQF Gás SGPS, SA. EDP Representative to WG Gás of Eurelectric. Director of EDP Commercial Solutions.

Other Activitites

Vice-Chairman of APDC - Portuguese Communications Development Association (1997 - 2002 and in 2006).

Member of ICP-ANACOM Advisory Council 1997.